Necktie-holder.



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NECK-UE HOLDER.

(Application mea um. 21, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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FRED H. TOWNE, OF SISSETON, SOUTII DAKOTA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,592, dated July 16, 1901.

Application tiled March 21, 1901. Serial No. 52,190. (Ndmodel.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRED H. TowNn, a citi- 'zen of the United States, residing at Sisseton, in the county of Roberts and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Holders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in necktie-holders; and its object is to provide a simple and effective device of this character adapted to be used in connection with a separable collar-button and to act as a guide and holder for maintaining stringties in proper position.

A further object of the invention is to provide a necktie-holder which may be securely mounted upon the shank of the collar-button so as to fitsnugly and allow the folds of the tie to lie closely together to present a neat and tasty appearance and avoid bulkiness.

With these and other minor objects in view, which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the invention consists in a necktie-holder embodying certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view showing the application of the invention to a separable collar-button. Fig. 2 is a sectional view thereof, and Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the holder detached.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 represents the socket member, and 2 the shank member, of a separable collar-button of that type having a split or divided shank, formed with a groove at its free end to interlock with the wall of an opening in the head' of the socket member. Any other suitable construction of separable collar-button may, however, be employed.

3 denotes the necktie-holder proper, which consists of an oblong or elliptical ring composed of a narrow strip of metal, the ends of which are suitably joined together. The rear wall or back plate of this ring is formed with an enlarged eye 4, which is offset or projected slightly inward or forward to fit snugly within the countersink or recess 5in the rear face of the head of the shank member 2 of the button.- In practice the eyel is soldered or otherwise secured to the back of the said head of the shank, and the split shank projects rearwardly therethrough. The eye is made of larger diameter than the shank, so as to snugly receive the free end of the socketed portion 6 of the member l. By offsetting or inwardly deflecting the eye 4 the same is adapted to be readily secured to the countersunk rear face of the head of the shank member and to allow the back wall of the ring to abut closely against the vrim 7 of said head, thus increasing the security of the connection and limiting the forward projection of the head 2,so as not to interfere with the folds of the tie and impart to the bow of the latter a bulky and undressy appearance.

The mode of using the device is as follows: The socket member 1 of the button is first passed through the buttonhole in the neckband of the shirt and the ends of the collar buttoned thereto. One end of the tie is then passed through the ring 3 for a distance of from one-quarter to one-third the length of the tie,the shank member of the button fitted in the socket member, and the long end of the tie passed around the neck to the front and thence through the ring. The ends of the tie are then drawn taut and tied to form a double bow. The ring will then hold the tie firmly and securely against slipping and maintain it in its proper postion.

The device is simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, is neat and tasty in appearance, and is of advantage in that it cannot slip and get out of position and in that it permits of the formation of a perfect bow.

Having thus fully described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a necktie-holder, the combination of a separable button, and an elliptical ring having an inwardly-deiiected eye secured to the head of the shank member of the button, substantially as described.

2. In a necktie-holder, the combination of a separable button consisting of a socket member and a shank member, the latter having IOO a head formed with a eountersunk rear face, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set and a holder comprising an elliptical ring or my hand in presence of two subscribing Wit- I Sand formed in its rear wall With an inwardlynesses.

eleeted eye for the passage of the shank and reception of the free end of the socket FRED H' TOVNE of the button, said eye being fitted in and se- Witnesses: cured to the eountersunk rear face of the A. J. NORBY, head, substantially as described. E. A. GOEBEL. 

